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Re: Thanks again, Jamie Pollard...

JP made a great hire with PR.

We need to thank Fred Hoiberg for Fred Hoiberg. Thankfully Fred was persistent enough to convince JP to hire him after Pollard thought McD was the better choice the first time. Damn near killed the program.

Re: Thanks again, Jamie Pollard...

Pollard's track record for hiring and maintaing coaches have been excellent.

1) Hired Chizik (a big deal at the time). Later Auburn wanted him and he won a national title (like it or not).
2) Hired Rhoads (many people questioned this).
3) Hired Hoiberg (many people questioned this).
4) Lifetime contract for Fennelly.
5) Kept Johnson-Lynch.

The 800 lb gorilla in the room is McDermott which we all know was a giant, terrible fail.

Re: Thanks again, Jamie Pollard...

Originally Posted by CTTB78

JP made a great hire with PR.

We need to thank Fred Hoiberg for Fred Hoiberg. Thankfully Fred was persistent enough to convince JP to hire him after Pollard thought McD was the better choice the first time. Damn near killed the program.

Re: Thanks again, Jamie Pollard...

Originally Posted by cycloneworld

Pollard's track record for hiring and maintaing coaches have been excellent.

1) Hired Chizik (a big deal at the time). Later Auburn wanted him and he won a national title (like it or not).
2) Hired Rhoads (many people questioned this).
3) Hired Hoiberg (many people questioned this).
4) Lifetime contract for Fennelly.
5) Kept Johnson-Lynch.

The 800 lb gorilla in the room is McDermott which we all know was a giant, terrible fail.

The McDermott hire wasnt a bad hire, per se. You're taking a risk with any hire, and a guy who has just brought a team (that had only had 1 other NCAA appearance since 1980) to 3 straight tourney appearances is about as good of a bet as you're going to be able to make. You dont always win even what appears to be a great hand though, and its clear that we didnt with McD.

The biggest fail with McDermott was the contract that basically made it impossible to fire him without paying a huge settlement. And a big part of that as i recall was the circumstances mcdermott walked into created by the Morgan era, giving him an automatic extension.

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